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Dr. Sherri Tenpenny

Thank you,
Sherri, for your welcome words of support. You, like many who use
and support the site, have been courageously outspoken about the
potential dangers of vaccines and I am grateful to you for that.

And although I
heartily welcome any spotlight on the role Vaccination News has played
in fighting vaccine mandates and promoting genuinely informed choice, I
take strong exception to Colgrove’s characterization of Vaccination
News, which presents ALL SIDES of the vaccination controversy, as being
“anti-vaccination” (see mission statement).

Granted, my
personal view is that the benefits of vaccines are over-rated and the
risks generally unknown or unacknowledged. But if there is
to be any meaning in the phrase “informed choice” and if I am to have
any integrity in promoting it, I must stand for the rights of all
parents, those who choose to vaccinate as well as those who do
not.

So I must also
thank you for providing the opportunity to clarify that point. – Sandy

Sandy,

I purchased a new book this week, "State of Immunity" by James
Colgrove. It is an historical account of vaccination policy and how we
came to have mandatory vaccination. On page 6 of the book, Vaccination
News is mentioned:

"Those skeptical of
vaccination, especially parents, have forcefully rejected the use of
coercion. Their stance is succinctly captured by an anti-vaccination
Internet site called Vaccination News, which declares itself to be
'against a parent, any parent, being forced to do something that has
even a remote chance of harming their child.' This altitude
exemplifies an important psychological phenomenon relevant to
vaccination and risk: the preference for errors of omission over errors
of commission." The web address, www.vaccinationnews.com is
fully referenced in the book's endnotes.

Sandy has spent many, many years of devoted time putting together a
library of information. There is nothing like this site, with so much
information all in one place. Her tireless drive to educate the public
about the hazards of vaccines is starting to pay off. The mention in a
very mainstream book and the more than 1 million site visitors
demonstrate how much progress has been made. Many thanks to your
efforts, Sandy!

Vaccination News needs to continue. It cannot be replaced nor
recreated. I urge everyone to support this site. If each visitor could
contribute $5-10 per month, this valuable work can easily
continue.
Best regards,
Sherri J Tenpenny, DO
Cleveland, Ohiowww.nmaseminars.comwww.SayingNoToVaccines.blogspot.com

"I know of no safe depository of the ultimate powers of the society but the people themselves, and if we think them not enlightened enough to exercise control with a wholesome discretion, the remedy is not to take it from them, but to inform their discretion by education."

-- Thomas Jefferson, letter to William C. Jarvis, September 28, 1820

“A sacred cow will not protect the herd.”

-- Sandy Gottstein

"What's the point of vaccination if it doesn't protect you from the unvaccinated?"

-- Sandy Gottstein

"Who gets to decide what the greater good is and how many will be sacrificed to it?"